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Historical Event on 9/15/1953

S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
12/21/1994The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia.
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
2/12/1998Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.